Mohanlalganj, Lucknow. For the long life and happiness and prosperity of the brothers in Lucknow District Jail, the sisters worshiped Bhai Dooj and applied Dooj tilak on the forehead of the brothers and wished for auspiciousness. The sisters observed a fast and after offering tilak to the brothers, performed aarti. On Wednesday, the sisters met 1660 prisoners in Lucknow jail and got vaccinated.
On Bhai Dooj, sisters observe a fast for their brothers and pray for their long life. In the villages, a figure was made for worship and worship was done by keeping the branches and pestles of Bair, Bhaktaya, Latjira and Latena among others. The sisters listened and read the story of Bhai Dooj and performed the aarti of Lord Ganesha. On the occasion of Bhai Dooj, 2902 sisters along with 1137 children reached Lucknow District Jail in Gosaiganj and met their 1660 brothers. Sisters tilak the brothers and pray for long life.
The jail administration had set up a medical aid centre, refreshment center and help desk for the sisters who came to meet their brothers in jail. To conduct the meeting smoothly, senior superintendent in charge Ritwik Priyadarshi, jailer Sunil Dutt Mishra, Abhay Shukla, deputy jailer Ajay Kulwant, Virendra Vikram Singh, Ashutosh Mishra and Tarakeshwar Singh and other officers and employees were present.